RTX A4000 Mobile vs HD Graphics 500

#ad 
Buy on Amazon
500 505 510 515 520 530
VS
#ad 
Buy on Amazon
A3000 Mobile A3000 Mobile 12 GB A4000 Max-Q A4000 Mobile A4500 Embedded A4500 Max-Q A4500 Mobile A5000 Max-Q A5000 Mobile

Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics 500 with RTX A4000 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics 500
2015
8 GB DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4, 10 Watt
0.72

RTX A4000 Mobile outperforms HD Graphics 500 by a whopping 4813% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

Share:
HD Graphics 500 HD Graphics 500
RTX A4000 Mobile RTX A4000 Mobile

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1226159
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency9.2423.68
ArchitectureGeneration 9.0 (2015−2016)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameApollo Lake GT1GA104
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date1 September 2015 (10 years ago)12 April 2021 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores965120
Core clock speed200 MHz1140 MHz
Boost clock speed650 MHz1680 MHz
Number of transistors189 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt115 Watt
Texture fill rate7.800268.8
Floating-point processing power0.1248 TFLOPS17.2 TFLOPS
ROPs280
TMUs12160
Tensor Coresno data160
Ray Tracing Coresno data40
L1 Cacheno data5 MB
L2 Cacheno data4 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfaceRing BusPCIe 4.0 x16

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data384.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsPortable Device DependentPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

HD Graphics 500 0.72
RTX A4000 Mobile 35.37
+4813%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD Graphics 500 302
Samples: 824
RTX A4000 Mobile 14778
+4793%
Samples: 517

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD10
−4400%
450−500
+4400%
1440p1
−4400%
45−50
+4400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−4000%
80−85
+4000%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−4000%
80−85
+4000%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−11400%
110−120
+11400%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−2660%
130−140
+2660%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−1688%
140−150
+1688%
Valorant 27−30
−638%
210−220
+638%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 20−22
−1290%
270−280
+1290%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−4000%
80−85
+4000%
Dota 2 6
−2250%
140−150
+2250%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−11400%
110−120
+11400%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−2660%
130−140
+2660%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−8300%
80−85
+8300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−1688%
140−150
+1688%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−1950%
120−130
+1950%
Valorant 27−30
−638%
210−220
+638%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−4000%
80−85
+4000%
Dota 2 5
−2720%
140−150
+2720%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−11400%
110−120
+11400%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−2660%
130−140
+2660%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−1688%
140−150
+1688%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−1950%
120−130
+1950%
Valorant 27−30
−638%
210−220
+638%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 3−4
−2833%
85−90
+2833%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 4−5
−6175%
250−260
+6175%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−2088%
170−180
+2088%

1440p
Ultra

Far Cry 5 1
−8500%
85−90
+8500%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−4900%
100−105
+4900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−3150%
65−70
+3150%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 1−2
−9200%
90−95
+9200%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−443%
75−80
+443%
Valorant 4−5
−5375%
210−220
+5375%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−2200%
45−50
+2200%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 2−3
−2150%
45−50
+2150%

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Fortnite 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Fortnite 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

1440p
High

Grand Theft Auto V 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Valorant 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Dota 2 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%

This is how HD Graphics 500 and RTX A4000 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX A4000 Mobile is 4400% faster in 1080p
  • RTX A4000 Mobile is 4400% faster in 1440p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX A4000 Mobile is 11400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX A4000 Mobile performs better in 33 tests (55%)
  • there's a draw in 27 tests (45%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 0.72 35.37
Recency 1 September 2015 12 April 2021
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 115 Watt

HD Graphics 500 has 1050% lower power consumption.

RTX A4000 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 4813% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A4000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 500 in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 500 is a notebook graphics card while RTX A4000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

Other comparisons

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

HD Graphics 500 HD Graphics 500
vs
HD 6520G Radeon HD 6520G
RTX A4000 Mobile RTX A4000 Mobile
vs
RTX 2000 Ada Generation Mobile RTX 2000 Ada Generation Mobile
HD Graphics 500 HD Graphics 500
vs
GeForce 610M GeForce 610M
HD Graphics 500 HD Graphics 500
vs
GTX 950M Mac Edition GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition
HD Graphics 500 HD Graphics 500
vs
ATI HD 3410 Radeon HD 3410
HD Graphics 500 HD Graphics 500
vs
FireStream 9350 FireStream 9350
HD Graphics 500 HD Graphics 500
vs
ATI FireGL V3300 FireGL V3300
HD Graphics 500 HD Graphics 500
vs
ATI Xpress 1270 IGP Radeon Xpress 1270 IGP
HD Graphics 500 HD Graphics 500
vs
RTX A4500 Mobile RTX A4500 Mobile
HD Graphics 500 HD Graphics 500
vs
RTX A4500 Embedded RTX A4500 Embedded
HD Graphics 500 HD Graphics 500
vs
HD Graphics 12EU HD Graphics 12EU
HD Graphics 500 HD Graphics 500
vs
Apple M4 16-core GPU M4 16 core GPU
R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)
vs
8800 GTS 112 GeForce 8800 GTS Core 112

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.

2.7 791 votes

Rate HD Graphics 500 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.4 38 votes

Rate RTX A4000 Mobile on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Comments

Here you can give us your opinion about HD Graphics 500 or RTX A4000 Mobile, agree or disagree with our ratings, or report errors or inaccuracies on the site.